Who?
Anyone interested in learning more about
Adobe AIR.
What?
A one day conference on Adobe AIR with technical sessions, showcases and discussion.
How Much?
Free and open to the public. The event is sold out, and we cannot accept anymore registrations.
What to Bring
Yourself, laptop, any Flex, HTML and JavaScript apps you want to get running on Adobe AIR. We will provide the beer, coffee, food, XBoxes, schwag, knowledge, venue and bits.
Lounge
Stop by the lounge area at any time throughout the day to take a break, grab a snack, or play some video games. You can also chat with the speakers and other developers to get answers to your questions and any help you may need with your AIR applications.
Language
Unless otherwise indicated, all sessions will be presented in English.
Agenda
[9:15] Doors Open
Registration, meet and greet, discussion and Q & A. Beverages and light breakfast will be provided.
[10:00] Keynote (Ryan Stewart)
Ryan Stewart, a Platform Evangelist at Adobe, provides an introduction to Adobe AIR and how it fits into the Adobe technology platform, and the larger RIA landscape.
[10:30] Building your first Adobe AIR application with Adobe Flex (Mike Chambers)
Learn how to setup your development environment and build your first AIR application using Flex 3 and Flex Builder 3.
[11:00] Building your first AIR application with HTML and JavaScript (Kevin Hoyt)
After this session you will know how to setup the Adobe AIR SDK to allow you to develop and package AIR applications from the command line. You will also be able to leverage the Adobe AIR command line tools to enable development of HTML and JavaScript based applications. Finally, the session will demonstrate built in support for AIR development from
Adobe Dreamweaver and the Eclipse based
Aptana.
[11:30] Break
[11:45] Leveraging HTML and JavaScript within Adobe AIR (Kevin Hoyt)
Gain a better understanding of the HTML and JavaScript environments within Adobe AIR, and explore how these technologies can be leveraged in both Flash / Flex and HTML / JavaScript-based applications. JavaScript and ActionScript script bridging will be covered, as well as how to use AIR, Flash Player and ActionScript Library APIs directly from JavaScript.
[12:20] Lunch
Lunch will be provided. Use this time to recharge your (and your laptop's) batteries, chat with other developers and speakers, catch up on email, or hang out in the lounge.
[13:00] Deploying and Updating AIR Applications (Serge Jespers)
Packaging, deploying and updating your application are probably the most important basics you'll need to know about. Serge will show you how to use Flex Builder 3 and the command line tools to sign and package your application, how to use the install badge, create custom install badges and how to keep your application up to date.
[13:30] Adobe AIR API Overview (Daniel Dura)
Receive an overview of the new APIs that Adobe AIR makes available to applications. Both ActionScript and JavaScript examples will be shown.
[14:00] Break
[14:15] Introduction to SQLite in Adobe AIR (Peter Elst)
Learn all about local database support with SQLite in Adobe AIR, how the use the available API's and build a complete data driven application from scratch. This session will help you get started with several tips and tricks on how to work with data in your desktop RIA's.
[14:45] Data Intensive Enterprise AIR Applications (Enrique Duvos)
The need to optimize data handling and transfers in RIAs has become
increasingly important in Enterprise applications.
During this session Enrique will take a look at how the combination of Adobe AIR's
offline local caches via SQLite, and its native connectivity to Adobe Livecycle
Data Services data management services, gives developers a powerful
framework to deliver data intensive RIAs outside the browser.
[15:15] Break
[15:35] Using an Enterprise Ajax framework with Adobe Air (Sergey Ilinsky)
Come see the demonstration of a sample application using the Backbase Enterprise Ajax framework in combination with Adobe Air. Learn the lessons, issues and best practices developed from integrating Enterprise Ajax applications with Adobe Air.
[15:55] HTML / JavaScript desktop applications on Adobe AIR. (Chris Brichford)
Learn how add desktop functionality to an HTML application running on Adobe AIR on the desktop. Learn about using the drag and drop API, the file system API, and other Adobe AIR APIs from HTML.
[16:25] Using JavaScript Frameworks in AIR Applications (Andre Charland)
Learn how to leverage JavaScript libraries and Frameworks to build HTML and JavaScript-based AIR applications.
[16:45] Break
[17:00] AIR Conditioning (Lee Brimelow)
Join Lee Brimelow as he shares his experiences developing a wide range of AIR projects, from simple widgets to larger applications that enable users to interact with software on a more intimate level on the desktop. Lots of prototypes and code will be shown to help get you up to speed with AIR development.
[18:00] Doors Close
